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I’m Danny, a sports documentary filmmaker based in Kansas City, MO. Since 2022, I’ve been the lead producer for the Chiefs’ documentary series The Franchise. Preserving the memories of the Chiefs dynasty, The Franchise is the NFL’s highest-viewed team-produced documentary show and has won four straight NATAS Mid-America Emmy Awards.
My role with the Chiefs has allowed me to develop as a versatile producer, shooter, and editor. Our goal with The Franchise is to punch above our weight class, and it has demanded my best as a producer, shooter and editor. A given week might look like shooting sync-sound behind the Chiefs’ bench on Sunday, editing a comprehensive game recap Monday and Tuesday, producing an off-the-field feature on Wednesday, and directing The Franchise’s online edit process Thursday and Friday.
My efforts have contributed heavily to the Chiefs becoming the NFL’s first team to surpass one million subscribers on YouTube, though my fingerprint doesn’t end with The Franchise. In the midst of the NFL’s first back-to-back championship in a generation, I lead-produced two “making of the Super Bowl ring” pieces: Crowning The Champions, and Forging Greatness. Forging Greatness premiered at the 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
During the 2023 season, I spearheaded a side project to document the Chiefs’ entire season on Super 8mm film. Dubbed Timeless, this project was a first-of-its-kind in the NFL and a fitting homage to our industry’s roots.
My path to the Chiefs started at Colorado State University, where I graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration (2020). In my free-time, you’ll find me at the nearest mountain bike trail. My favorite documentaries are Free Solo, Apollo 11 and Fire of Love.
My work with the Chiefs has afforded me the confidence to pinch-hit in countless capacities: producing, researching, shooting, assistant camera, editing, assistant-editing, field audio, media asset management, DIT, and online editing, among others. If you’re working in the documentary space, I’d love to connect and collaborate.